Shoe-tip-measuring mechanism



0. ASHTON, DECD.

H. ASHTON. EXECUTRIX.

SHOE TIP MEASUBING MECHANISM.

APPucAnoN'HLED FEB. 15,1916.

unl'runqsrarss PATENT OFFICE.

ORRELL -SHLJN, DECEASED, LATE OF SNAMPSCGTT, MASSACHUSETTS, BY HANNAH ASHTON, EXECUTRIX, OF' SWAMPSCTT, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE IASSIGNMENTS, TO UNITED Sil-HIE, MCEINER'' COB/FORATION, OF PATERSON, NEW

JERSEY, .A CORPORATION OF NEVIT JERSEY.

SHOETIPMEASURING MECHANISM.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1920.

Application iiledTebruary l5, 1916. Serial No. 78,520.

To all whom t may concern: l

Be it known that ORRELL ASHTON, deceased, late of Swampscott, in the county of Essex and State of ll/la'ssachusetts, invented certain Improvements in Shoe-Tip`Vleasur ing Mechanism, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates to apparatus for use in the manufacture oi" shoes, and particularly to tip measuring means designed for use in connection with the pulling-over operation to enable the operative to locate the tip seam of the shoe vamp at the correct distance from the end face of the toe of the shoe. The pulling-over operation is now carried out principally by the use of pulling-over machines of the type shown in United States Letters Patent No. 1,029,387'`r granted June 11, 1912, on application of Ronald F. McFeely.

For most advantageous use in connection with the pulling-over machine the illustrative embodiment of this invention in constructed and arranged for attachment to a conveniently located support which is present in the machine and by which it is held in such a position that while it is normally out of the operatives way it can be readily swung into position for measuring a shoe that is being pulled over in the machine. An important feature of this invention consists in a novel construction and arrange ment ot instrumentalities cooperating to measure the tip of a shoe, the construction shown comprising the combination with a.

supporting member adapted to extend lengthwise of the shoe, of a toe end abutment and a coperating member which is adapted to be positioned at the tip seam, both said abutment and member being movable lengthwise of the shoe upon the supporting member to position them for cooperation with shoes which are of different lengths or'which are differently located with relation to the supporting member. In the illustrative embodiment of the invention the supporting member is a longitudinally grooved rod and the toe abutment is a plate perpendicular to the rod and provided with a sleeve which has a key Vlocated in the groove in the rod. The member coperating with the tip seam is a plate similar' to the toe abutment plate but shorter, and also having a sleeve with a key iitting in the groove. in the rod. A spring encircles the rod between the two plates and holds them normally apart, allowing the operative to press them together for measuring or calipering the work. One of the plates supports a finger which extends parallel with the supporting rod and across the other plate and has graduations marked upon it in position to be easily read by the operative for ascertaining the length of the toe tip.

The foregoing and other features of the invention, including more important details of construction and combinations of parts, will be explained in connection with the following description of the illustrative embodiment of the invention and will then be pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a side elevation of the tip measurer in use.

Fig. 2 is an angular perspective view of the tip measurer.

In the illustrated construction the tip measurer comprises an attaching plate 2 by means of which it isv connected to the tack stop block 3 of the front tacker arm of a pulling-over machine, the machine of United States Letters Patent No. 1,137,564 being herein shown for illustrative purposes, where it can be readily moved into operative relation to a shoe held against the sole rest l of the machine by the usual pulling-over grippers. The' attaching plate 2'has a pivotal connection with a laterally'bent arm 4 of a supporting rod 5. A spring 7 encircles the arm 4, being connected thereto and to the attaching plate in a wayto hold the tip measuring device normally swung forwardly and upwardly against the tacker arm or mechanism carried by said arm, where it is entirely out of the operatives way in carrying on the pulling-over operation.

A toe abutment plate 6 extending perpen- Y is supported to Vslide on the rod. The rod Vupon the rod.

` said plates normally apart.

has a longitudinal groove and the sleeve has a key iittingin the groove to hold the abutment plate in predetermined angular.

relation to thefaxisof the rod such that when thedevice is swung into tipv measuringV position the plate will extend upwardly inte such relation to a shoe that 1t can be engaged with the toe end face of the shoe.

`The rod 5 also carries a second sliding plate 8 which` isshorter than the toe Vabutment I plateand is adapted in the Villustrative vcony struction to rest upon the vamp: back of the toe;V tip and be pressed forwardly against the rear edge face of the toe tip, which edge it is formed to abut against; j The tip'en gaging member 8 is also-provided with a sleeve havingfa key fitting'in theV groove in the rod 5 for holding the' plate 8 in par# allel relation Vtothe plate 6. A stop pin 9 in the free end `of rod 5 confines the plates A Vspring 10 encircles the rod 5 between the plates and 8 and presses The toe abutment plate 6 is provided with a rigid finger l2-that extends parallel Vwith therod 5, to-` ward and across the plate 8. rllhe portion of the finger 12 adjacent tothe plater8 is provided with distinct graduation marks with which are associated numerals, the marks being distancedfrom the toe abutment plate 6to represent'different standard lengths of tips and the numerals designating such standard lengths, Ireferably the toe abutment plate 6 is provided with a second finger 14- extending parallel' with' the generall d1- rection of linger 12 :and guided in the plate 8, said finger 14 having a stop pin 16 in its free end to limit themovement of the plates 6 and 8 apart by the springlO.

In using this invention the supporting rod l 5 is turned by the operative from its upraisedposition downwardly and backwardly underfra shoe thatrhas been pulled over and the tip length of which it is desired to measf use.V .or verify. 1t .will be Ynoted that the platesG and 8 and Atheir associateddevice's are freely movable lengthwise of the rod 5V and that thejplates are Ynormally held apart. bythe spring 10.- As the Vdevice is swung into operative relation tothe shoe, the end of Y thetip engaging Vplate8 is made to contact with the vamp back of the tip seam, and said plates are-moved forwardly until plate 8 engages the rear edge of the tip. Thereupon the .toe abutment plate 6 is pressed toward the plate 8 until it abuts against the toe end face of the shoe, .whereupon vthe operative reads from the graduation'-l marks on the finger f12 the length of the tip. if the lengthl is not the correct one, that is, the length called for bythe specification forthe style:

tive will pull Vthe upper, including the tip sea1n, farther forward, or he will relieve the pull and allow the tensioned upper to slackbacliuntil thetip seam is located at the required distance fromV the endface-of the toe, this adjustment for *obtaining the right length of tip being well understood iii-theoperation of 4the pulling-over machine. VAs

soon as the correctness of the length of tip yexplained and an embodimentthereof having been vdescribedwhich has been found to be eiiicient in use, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. InV apparatus of the class described, the combination with meansfor resting ashoe, of a .supporting rod movable into a position where it extends lengthwise under the shoe, a ,plate which is slidingly mounted on the rod and isformed to engage the rear edge of the toe tip, a second plate slidingly mounted on the rod to engage the end face of the toe, and means extending from one plate to the other for indicating the length of the tip of the shoe as `measured between said plates.

2. ln apparatus of the class described, the combination with shoe -positioning.means, of a supporting rod, an attaching member upon which said rod is pivotally mounted for swinging movement into or out of a` position in which it extends lengthwise ofthe shoe, spring means for swinging said rod to an inoperative position and against the tension ,of which the rod may be Vswung manually into operative relation to the shoe, and

tip measuring devicesmounted in different locations betweenjthe ends of the rodand movable together along theA rod to adapt them to the position of the shoe, said devices andarranged to abut against the rear edgeface ofthe tip ofthe shoe, said plates being movable along said memberA each independ` ently of the other in'directions ,lengthwise of theshoe in response to pressure of an operatives hand against them, and yielding means arranged to hold the plates normally spaced apart-while permitting them to be moved toward each other into engagemeiit with the respective faces of the work.

ll. In apparatus of the class described, a sujfiporting member7 a toe end abutment carried by the member, a second abutment carried by the member and constructed and arranged to engage against the rear edge fa ce of the toe tip, said abutments being relatively movable lengthwise oi the supporting member, means tor holding the'abutments yieldingly apart, and a measuring finger having a .fixed relation with one abutment and a movable relation to the other abutment and provided with Ameans for indicating visually the distance between the abutments when the abutments are in operative relation to the work.

5. In apparatus of the class described, a supporting rod, a toe abutment plate provided with a sleeve and having a key and slot connection with the rod, a tip seam abutment plate also provided with a sleeve and having a key and slot connection with the rod ttor maintaining the plates in parallel relation, a spring for holding the plates normally apart, and a measuring linger extending from one plate to the other to indicate the length of a tip being measured.

6. In apparatus of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, oii an abutment plate constructed and arranged to engage the rear edge of the tip of the shoe', a second abutment plate projecting beyond said lirst plate heightwise of the shoe iior engagement with the end face of the toe, supporting means for said plates mounted for movement to carry them into or out of operative relation to the shoe and relatively to which both plates are movable lengthwise of the shoe each independently of the other in response to pressure of an operatives hand against them, and a finger carried by one oi the plates and extending across the other' and provided with graduations to indicate visually the distance measured by the plates between the rear edge of the tip and the end Aface of the toe.

7. In apparatus oit' the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, oi' a toe abutment plate, a tip rear edge abutment plate, supporting means for said plates relatively to which they are movable each independently of the other lengthwise of the shoe, means for yieldingly holding the plates apart a greater distance than the normal length of the tip oit' the shoe while permitting them to be pressed toward each other until one is made to Contact with the end ot the toe and the other with the rear edge oi' the tip, and a scale arranged to indicate visually the distance between said tip edge and toe end face.

8. In apparatus oi the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means,l of a supporting rod adapted for movement into position where it extends lengthwise of a shoe, and tip measuring means comprising toe end and tip edge engaging members both oi' which are movable longitudinally oi the rod, and a graduated measuring member connected to one engaging member and extending into a relation vto the ,other engaging member to permittiplength reading to be conveniently made. Y

9. In apparatus of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of two gage members for measuring the length of the toe tip of'the shoe, a support for positioning said members adjacent to the shoe, said members being movable each independently of the other in directions lengthwise of the shoe, spring means for normally positioning said members relatively to each other while permitting them to be moved by the operator to positions adjacent respectively to the end of the toe and the rear edge oi' the tip, and means for indicating visually the distance between the members.

10. In apparatus of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means of a support movable into or out of a position adjacent to a shoe positioned by said means, two gage members mounted on said support for movement lengthwise of the shoe each independently of the other, spring means tending to separate said members while permitting them to be moved by the operator against the tension oi said spring means to positions adjacent respectively to the end face of the toe and the rear edge oi the toe tip, and means Jfor indicating visually the distance between said members.

11. In apparatus of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of a support movable into or out of position to extend lengthwise of a shoe positioned by said means,two gage members each mounted to slide on said support in directions lengthj wise of the shoe and arranged to contact respectively with the end of the toe and the rear edge of the toe tip, spring means tending to separate said members, and means for indicating visually the distance between the members.

12. In apparatus of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of two gage members Jfor measuring the length of the tip of a shoe positioned by said means, a support for positioning said members adjacent to the shoe, said members being mounted on said support for movement each independently of the other lengthwise oi' the shoe, spring means tending to separate said members and against which they are movable toward each other to measure the tip,

joombination withshoe positioning` means, oi'

apsupporting rod arranged to extend lengthwise of a shoe positioned byl said means, two

- gage Inemberseaeh slidably mounted on said rod independently roi the other for movement lengthwise of the shoegsprlng means tending to separate said members while lpermitting lthem to be moved towardy each vother to measure the tip, and a Vconnection between said members constructed to limit their separating movement'and toV position the members formovement alsoA together as ajunit along' said rod. r Y Y In' testimony whereof I have namento this speeiieation.A

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